{"id":77322,"date":"2025-10-13T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/77322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:26:09","slug":"apple-working-on-h3-chip-for-next-airpods-pro-airpods-5-also-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/77322\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple working on H3 Chip for next AirPods Pro; AirPods 5 also in development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/airpods-pro-3.jpg\" alt=\"Apple working on H3 Chip for next AirPods Pro; AirPods 5 also in development\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Just weeks after releasing the AirPods Pro 3, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/apple\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> has shifted focus to developing an even newer version of its pro earbuds, complete with an upgraded H3 chip and potential camera integration, according to Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman.In his Power On newsletter, Gurman revealed that Apple&#8217;s silicon team is already working on the H3 chip, designed to deliver improved audio quality and reduced lag time. The new processor would represent a significant leap from the H2 chip currently powering both the AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4, which first debuted in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Future AirPods could get even more AI features<\/p>\n<p>Apple is also developing the AirPods 5, which will update both the entry-level and mid-tier models, Gurman reports. While the heart-rate sensor introduced in AirPods Pro 3 likely won&#8217;t trickle down to these models, Apple plans to add several health features over time, including temperature sensing capabilities.The bigger focus, however, is transforming AirPods into AI-powered devices. Apple is exploring embedding cameras in the earbuds, building on analyst Ming-Chi Kuo&#8217;s earlier prediction that at least one tiny infrared camera would arrive in 2026. These cameras could enable in-air gesture controls and deeper integration with the Vision Pro headset.The camera-equipped version may launch as a higher-end AirPods Pro 3 variant rather than a full AirPods Pro 4 redesign, similar to how AirPods 4 currently offers two configurations. This approach would mirror Apple&#8217;s strategy of releasing iterative hardware updates without changing model numbers, as it did when adding USB-C to AirPods Pro 2.No specific timeline was provided for these developments, though previous reports suggested camera-equipped AirPods would debut in 2026. The H3 chip&#8217;s arrival timeline also remains unclear, though it could potentially power the infrared camera features that require additional processing capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just weeks after releasing the AirPods Pro 3, Apple has shifted focus to developing an even newer version&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[50689,50687,936,50686,50688,971,50690,61,60,1314,7717,80,940],"class_list":{"0":"post-77322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ai-features-in-airpods","9":"tag-airpods-5-development","10":"tag-apple","11":"tag-apple-airpods-pro-h3-chip","12":"tag-apple-silicon-team","13":"tag-bloomberg","14":"tag-camera-integration-in-airpods","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-mark-gurman","18":"tag-ming-chi-kuo","19":"tag-technology","20":"tag-vision-pro"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}